30 Rock is the podcast that explores the world's best albums at 30. Nothing's off limits as we dig through the crates and raid the CD collection to uncover those gems from three decades ago. We kick off in 1991 which has gone down in music history as the year that changed it all, when alternative rock took over the charts, and a band called Nirvana changed music forever.
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21 min
1991 - R.E.M. - Out of Time
When we think back 30 years ago to 1991, we think about the alternative revolution driven by bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.But there was one band who paved the way…
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1 min
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1991 was the year when music changed forever.Grunge and the Seattle scene were on the cusp of exploding, hip-hop had grown up and mega-bands like U2 were reinventing themselves, sp…
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24 min
1991 - U2 - Achtung Baby
They rose up from a nation divided by religious sectarianism and the ashes of punk rock to become one of the biggest bands of the 80’s, but by the time 1991 rolled around the Irish…
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28 min
1991 - Pearl Jam - Ten
In the late 80's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were riding high in the Seattle music scene with the success of their band Mother Love Bone.But with the shock overdose and death of f…